Ed Hewitt - Brown Bivisible 12'6" Classic medium Leonard action

Classic medium Leonard action

at a time when Young’s identified their reels by patterns number only

Comes with Hardy zippered reel case and Orvis spare spool case

The varnished spanish cedar reel seat is a cap and ring design with 90% of the oxidation on the ring gone

Near mint condition with slight marks on the reel foot from being mounted on a rod

Ed Hewitt - Brown Bivisible 12'6" Classic medium Leonard actionFor sale here is a Brown Bivisible tied by the late Edward R. Hewitt. An excerpt from page 278 of Trout Fishing in the Catskills by Ed Van Put follows.."Perhaps the best known fly that he created, and his personal favorite, was the Brown Bivisible." This fly comes from the collection of a Sullivan County sportsman who, as a kid, grew up around many of the legendary Catskill fly tiers. His uncle was also close friends with many of them. His Hewitt